$SMCI SUPER MICRO CO-FOUNDER ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING $2.5B IN NVIDIA GPUS TO CHINA

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The video reports on the arrest of Super Micro Computer co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw for allegedly smuggling $2.5 billion worth of Nvidia GPUs to China. The post highlights his significant personal stock holdings and the dramatic drop in Super Micro's stock price following the news.

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SMCI co-founder Yih-Shyan "Wally" Liaw arrested today. He personally holds $464 MILLION in SMCI stock. He was charged with smuggling BILLIONS in Nvidia servers to china. To do it, he used a southeast asian shell company to funnel $2.5B in servers to chinese buyers. $510 million worth shipped in just THREE WEEKS in spring 2025. SMCI built thousands of fake dummy servers to fool U.S compliance auditors. They were caught on surveillance cameras using a HAIR DRYER to swap serial number stickers. He coordinated the whole thing over encrypted group chats. > SMCI down 12% after hours > He faces up to 30 years in federal prison #stockmarket